create-seed

🌱 A scaffolding CLI that creates new projects from templates. Works with Bun, npm, and pnpm.

Links

• npm: create-seed
• Source: github.com/beeman/create-seed
• Templates: github.com/beeman/templates

Quick start

# With bun
bun x create-seed@latest my-app -t bun-library

# With npx
npx create-seed@latest my-app -t bun-library

# With pnpx
pnpx create-seed@latest my-app -t bun-library

What it does

1. Clones the template — downloads from GitHub (via giget) or copies from a local path
2. Rewrites package.json — updates the project name and cleans up template metadata
3. Installs dependencies — auto-detects your package manager based on how you ran it
4. Initializes git — git init + initial commit

Templates

Browse the full list at beeman/templates. Current templates:

Template	Description
bun-library	TypeScript library with Bun, tsup, Biome, Changesets
bun-library-solana-kit	Solana library with @solana/kit and Surfpool e2e tests

You can also use any GitHub repo, subdirectory, branch, or local path as a template:

# Short name (from the default registry)
bun x create-seed@latest my-app -t bun-library

# GitHub repo
bun x create-seed@latest my-app -t gh:owner/repo

# GitHub subdirectory on a specific branch
bun x create-seed@latest my-app -t gh:owner/repo/path#my-branch

# Local path
bun x create-seed@latest my-app -t ./my-local-template

Package manager detection

create-seed auto-detects which package manager you’re using:

Command	Detected PM
bun x create-seed@latest	bun
npx create-seed@latest	npm
pnpx create-seed@latest	pnpm

Override with --pm:

bun x create-seed@latest my-app -t bun-library --pm bun

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